William steait



(No Model.)

W. STRAIT.

HILLSIDE PLOW.

No. 290,610. Patented Dec. 18, 1883.

NITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM STRAIT, OF ELMIRA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO 0. L. STBAIT.

HILLSIDE-PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,610, dated December 18, 1883.

Application filed January 24, 1883.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WVILLIAM STRAIT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elmira, in the county of Ohemung and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hillside-Blows; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in hillside-plows, and particularly to the plow for which I received a patent of the United States, No. 233,046, and my invention consists of certain novel features, which will be fully understood by the following description and claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents the landside of aplow with my improvements thereon. Fig. 2 represents a rear view of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the standard through the passage for the jointer-shank and colter. Fig. 4is a vertical section of the same passage. Fig. 5 is a front View, and Fig. 7 a rear view, of said passage. Fig. 6 represents the two parts of the brace detached. Fig. Sis a view of the colter detached.

The principal features of my invention are a novel construction for the purpose of reversing either the jointer or the colter by simply swinging the handles either to the right or left in reversing the mold-board in the usual 1112111161.

The standard A or vertical part of the iron beam (when the latter is used) is provided with a hole or passage, A, which is adapted to receive the shank B of the jointer and allow the latter to rotate, but not to swing, in said passage, and on the removal of this jointer-shank said passage will receive a fiat colter, G, and hold the same fitted in slot a, and allow the rear end thereof to swing either to the right or left with the swinging handles. A projection, D, is cast with the standard A, and a lever, E, is pivoted thereon. The rear end of this lever rests between two lugs, F, cast on the upper side of the handle-irons, and the forward end of this lever is cast with a segment-gear, which engages with a segment-pinion, G, fastened on the shank B of (No model.)

the jointer, as shown in Fig. 1, by means of the set-screw 9. By this arrangement the swinging of the handles to the right or left swings the rear end of lever E, and thus gives a partial revolution to the segment-pinion G, and reverses the j ointer B.

On the rear of the landside is pivoted the brace H H, east in two pieces, connected by means of bolt h in the slot h, in order to allow the brace to be lengthened or shortened at pleasure, for the purpose of compensating more or less for the springing of the mold board in the process of cooling. This brace has two oblique arms, h, one of which looks or latches with the latch I, to hold the moldboard in place on one side, and the other locks with the latch I, to hold the moldboard in place when turned on the other side.

The colter O fits in a slot, a, Fig. 5, in the front part of the passage A, and is held by a bolt, K, but is free to swing to the right or left, as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 3. The rear or upper end of this colter fits between the lugs F, the same as the-lever E, so as to be reversed by swinging of the handles.

I-Iaving described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a plow-standard, or the vertical portion of a cast -iron beam, the passage A through said standard, adapted to receive the jointer-shank and allow the same to rotate therein, but not to swing, and also to receive a colter and hold thesame in the slot a in the front of said passage, and allow said colter to swing, substantially as set forth.

2. The pivoted lever E, having a segmentgear on the forward end thereof, in combination with the segment-pinion G, the rotating shaft B, pivoted handles K, and lugs F on the handle-irons, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with the swinginghandles K, pivoted lever E, and lugs F, of the standard A, having an irregular aperture, as shown, and adapted to receive and allow vibration to a jointer or colter, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WVILLIAM STRAIT.

\Vitnesses:

DANIEL BREED, \V. J. NEWTON. 

